Thursday, March 19, 2009

artnet.de coverage of Art Dubai

Goff+Rosenthal was featured in an article that appeared on artnet.de. For the full article (in German): please click here.

English translation of section discussing G+R:
In general, expectations were lowered as a precaution. Nevertheless, individual gallery owners have reported good sales on Tuesday, including Michael Schultz from Berlin and Goff+Rosenthal, who due to lacking inflow, recently closed its Berlin branch, but continues its presence in New York. In Dubai, Goff+Rosenthal has presented the large oil paintings of Ahmed Alsoudani, which behind the seemingly decorative surface reveal a violently charged atmosphere a la Francis Bacon. The Iraqi born Alsoudani lives in Berlin and was given a lot of space recently in the exhibition "Unveiled - Art from the Middle East" at the Saatchi Gallery in London. "That has certainly helped," says Robert Goff unreservedly. Because in these tense times a small miracle has occurred: even before the opening all the images were reserved (55,000 - 65,000 USD / ca. 42,000 - 50,000 EUR). Goff held back a single piece: "So we still have something to sell".

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